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A Colorado State University project to grow and harvest ocean macroalgae for biofuel production has received support from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). ARPA-E has poured over $22 million into their Macroalgae Research Inspiring Novel Energy Resources (MARINER) program, with the aim of establishing the U.S. as a leader in biofuel production. CSU Energy […]

An accidental discovery by an LSU professor could help Mardi Gras “go green.” Every year tens of thousands of plastic beads end up on the street and eventually make their way to landfills. It’s not environmentally friendly, but that could change. LSU Biological Sciences Professor Dr. Naohiro Kato has come up with an innovative way […]

The development of a protein source from algae for feed is one of the objectives of an EU funded €5.5m circular economy project – ALG-AD – being led by scientists at Swansea University in the UK. The idea is that nutrients produced anaerobic digestion of food and farm waste will be used to cultivate algae biomass […]

Robert Gardner, a professor of bioproducts and biosystems engineering at the University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center, hopes to capture and recycle the nutrients in runoff water and produce an environmentally friendly microalgae-based biofertilizer. Gardner’s research funded in part by a MnDRIVE Environment seed grant could reduce demand for synthetic fertilizer while […]

New research out of Harper Adams University found that adding microalgae to cow feed could increase the amount of omega-3 fatty acids in milk, which then improves the level of the nutrient in cheese produced from the enhanced liquid. This data could spur microalgae use at the beginning of the food chain. It also could have […]

A graduating student from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia has invented seaweed food packaging, which could eliminate the need for plastic. The student, Jessica Zinga, invented an entirely renewable form of packaging: seaweed fish and chip containers. As part of the Sea Harvest, Zinga has produced the new container packaging using 100% […]

For the last 10 years, scientists all over the world have been racing to figure out how to convert massive quantities of seaweed into biofuel. UConn Professor Charles Yarish is one of them. The grant from the Department of Energy is $5.7 million, and will go to Yarish and colleagues at the University of Connecticut and […]

Two Iranian scientists have managed to produce special sweets for patients with diabetes using a special kind of seaweed. Delaram Nokhbeh Zare and Shahrokh Khani, two faculty members of Islamic Azad University of Bandar Abbas, in collaboration with the University’s Development Centre, succeeded in producing new sweets with a different taste for diabetic patients. These […]

Scientists have devised a method that could lead to cheap, environmentally friendly ways of making products for use in the cosmetics, plastics and food industries. Algae are highly prized for their ability to make useful products, but a lack of engineering tools has hindered basic research and growth of the industry for decades, researchers say. Scientists […]

Breakthrough research confirms two unique compounds extracted from seaweed have significant cancer inhibiting properties. A series of animal studies undertaken at the prestigious McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston (UTHealth) have shown that the two seaweed extracts – known as fucoidans – reduced tumour growth in select cancers and significantly […]

Chinese university researchers have announced that a common algae has been used to make biodegradable microrobots that could detect diseases in the human body as well as attack cancer cells. The microrobots were able to release substances that attacked cancer cells during its degradation process. The devices were created from spirulina algae, which are widely […]

On the heels of a successful development of algae photobioreactor (APB) technology and carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration study with Michigan State University, PHYCO2—an algae growth and carbon dioxide sequestration company—will collaborate with MSU under a $1 million U.S. DOE grant to develop technologies that seek to transform the efficiency and operating costs to reduce power […]

The project, spearheaded by lead researchers from Malaysia and Britain, successfully developed an integrated microbial fuel cell prototype using tropical algae from wastewater. The concept’s benefits are three-pronged – producing enough electricity to power a small electronic device, lowering carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, and treating wastewater. The electricity generation can be upscaled and […]

A $50,000 grant from Duke Energy will fund a project at Indiana University to construct a structure of clear plastic tubes filled with algae that will convert emissions from the university’s power plant into fertilizer. Indiana University wants to improve its sustainability – and it’s turning to a novel way of recycling to do so. The […]

Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with Algoma Algal Biotechnology (AABT), a limited liability company (LLC) started through the research work at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (UWO) in the US, for mutual transfer of knowledge and technology in the field of producing bio-fuel from micro-algae. The research team in MKU had identified certain […]

Changing the way the nation generates and consumes energy is at the heart of a new NSF grant awarded to Arizona State University and Kevin Redding, professor in the School of Molecular Sciences and director of the Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis (CB&P). The goal of Redding and his research group is to obtain industrial […]

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee have come up with a new method for production of biodiesel from microalgae, which they claim is low-cost and more effective. Elaborating on the research, professor BR Gurjar, head of centre for transportation systems of the institute said, “Microalgae are considered to be one of the […]

Queensland-grown algae is being touted as the next superfood to fight cardiovascular disease, cut obesity and tackle inflammatory disease. Researchers from the University of Southern Queensland and James Cook University are working with MBD Energy to create an algae industry in regional Queensland. Source

A Maine university is receiving more than $1.3 million in federal money to develop methods for the U.S. to become a leader at utilizing seaweed for uses such as energy. The U.S. Department of Energy is giving the money to the University of New England over three years. The award is part of a program called Macroalgae […]

Scientists from University of Tokyo are researching to use euglena, a type of microalgae found in fresh and salty water for food, fuel and pharmaceuticals. Euglena, during photosynthesis, produce certain oils or lipids that can be used as nutritional supplements and also as a potent biofuel. The oil from euglena is chemically similar to kerosene but […]

The United States Department of Energy awarded the University of New England a three-year, nationally competitive research grant for $1.32 million to develop technologies that will enable the United States to become a leading producer of seaweed. UNE’s award is part of a new program called Mariner, which stands for “Macroalgae Research Inspiring Novel Energy […]

Research on improving the growth, harvest and transport of farmed sugar kelp at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is getting a financial boost with a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. Leading the research project will be Michael Stekoll, a biochemist with a joint appointment at the UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean […]

Scientists at University of California have developed algae-based, renewable flip-flops that could be an environment friendly alternative to petroleum-based slippers – the go-to footwear in countries like India and China. The flip-flops, shoe soles and other polyurethane products scientists make from living algae oil are “sustainable” because the carbon to construct them was pulled from […]

Researchers from the Cornell-affiliated Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) and Texas A&M University have found an exciting new technology that may revolutionize the search for the perfect algal strain: algal droplet bioreactors on a chip. A single algal cell is captured in a tiny droplet of water encapsulated by oil and millions of algal droplets squeeze onto a chip about […]

A research team from Michigan State University (MSU) has found a way to use algae-based technologies to capture emissions from power plants and turn them into valuable products. The research project which is supported by US Department of Energy’s $1m grant, includes faculties from the university’s Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering department and Chemistry department in […]